2017 FAI Cup

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2017 FAI Cup
FAI Irish Daily Mail Cup
Tournament details
CountryIreland
Defending championsCork City
Final positions
ChampionsCork City (4th title)
Runners-upDundalk
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored133 (3.33 per match)
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The 2017 FAI Senior Challenge Cup was the 97th season of the knockout national Football competition of Ireland. The winners of this season's cup earned a place in the 2018–19 Europa League and would have entered in the first qualifying round.[1]

Cork City were the defending champions and went on to retain the cup after a 5-3 win on penalties against Dundalk in the final on 5 November.[2][3]

The tournament began the weekend of 30 April 2017 with the preliminary round, which was contested by sixteen non-league clubs.[4]

Teams

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Round Clubs
remaining
Clubs
involved
Winners from
previous round
New entries
this round
Leagues entering at this round
Preliminary round 40 16 N/A 16 Leinster Senior League
Munster Senior League
Best Western Southern Hotel Super League
First round 32 32 8 24 League of Ireland
Leinster Senior League
Second round 16 16 16 none none
Quarter-Finals 8 8 8 none none
Semi-Finals 4 4 4 none none
Final 2 2 2 none none

Preliminary round

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The draw for the preliminary round was held 15 March 2017.[4]

30 April 2017 Ballymun United1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)
Killester United
30 April 2017 College Corinthians0–1 Ballincollig A.F.C.
30 April 2017 Evergreen 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
St. Mary's
30 April 2017 Everton 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)
Liffey Wanderers
30 April 2017 Greystones United0–3 Sheriff YC
30 April 2017 Killarney Celtic 1–0Boyle Celtic

First round

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The first round was played between the eight first round winners, the four clubs which received byes in the preliminary round, and the twenty League of Ireland clubs.[5] The first round draw was held on 21 July 2017.[6]

11 August 2017 Waterford0–3 Shelbourne Waterford
Lyons 46'
Doyle 78'
English 89'
Stadium: Waterford Regional Sports Centre
13 August 2017 Bluebell United 3–0Sheriff YC
13 August 2017 Dundalk 4–0Derry CityDundalk
Mountney 1', 81'
McMillan 51' (pen.)
Duffy 90'
Stadium: Oriel Park
13 August 2017 Portmarnock0–2 St Patrick's Athletic
11 August 2017 Cabinteely 3–1UCD
12 August 2017 Cobh Wanderers 3–0Killarney Celtic
12 August 2017 Bangor Celtic 3–2Everton
12 August 2017 Ballincollig A.F.C.0–5 Athlone Town
13 August 2017 Evergreen0–4 Drogheda United
13 August 2017 Killester United3–3 (a.e.t.)
(6–7 p)
Galway United

Second round

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The second round draw was held on 14 August 2017.[7]

Quarter–finals

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The quarter-finals draw was held on 28 August 2017.[8]

Semi–finals

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The semi-finals draw was held on 11 September 2017.[9]

29 September 2017 Cork City 1–0Limerick
19:15 Report
1 October 2017 Dundalk 1–1 Shamrock Rovers
16:45 Report

Replay

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Final

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Dundalk1–1 (a.e.t.)Cork City
N. Vemmelund 95' A. Campion 111'
Penalties
3–5
Attendance: 24,210
Referee: Paul McLaughlin

See also

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References

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